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The Beatles traveled from New York to Washington, DC early on this day by rail, as an East Coast snowstorm had caused all flights to be cancelled.

The day The Beatles' American invasion began. The Beatles' Boeing 707, Pan Am flight 101, left London Airport early on the morning of 7 February 1964, bound for New …

To take advantage of The Beatles' second day off from their 18-night concert residency at the Olympia Theatre, Paris (their first rest day was 21 January), John Lennon and …

While John and Cynthia Lennon were holidaying in Paris, and Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr flew to Greece with their partners, George Harrison and his brother Peter visited their …

German police authorities deported George Harrison from Hamburg on this day, after discovering he was under 18 years of age.

The second major phase in The Beatles' story was about to begin. On 16 August 1960 they embarked on the journey from Liverpool to Hamburg, Germany.

This was the Quarrymen's penultimate Saturday night show at the popular Casbah Coffee Club, a members-only club situated in the basement of a large house in Liverpool's Hayman's Green.

This was the Quarrymen's fifth performance at Mona Best's Casbah Coffee Club, a members-only venue in Liverpool's Hayman's Green.

The Quarrymen performed at Mona Best's Casbah Coffee Club on seven consecutive Saturdays between August and October 1959. This was their third engagement at the venue.

Following their success performance on the opening night of the Casbah Club, the Quarrymen were booked for a Saturday night residency by the owner, Mona Best.

Although The Quarrymen had few formal engagements between March 1958 and the end of the year, they did perform often at parties and family events.

George Harrison claimed the first time he saw the Quarrymen was at the Wilson Hall, opposite the bus depot in Garston, Liverpool. According to Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn, the …